Westcor Land Title Insurance Company

Corporate
Campus
Westcor Land Title Insurance Company
Maitland, FL
Westcor Land Title Insurance Company chose Cree® LED lighting for improved light
quality and exceptional color rendering at its headquarters, providing a consistent
and comfortable workplace for employees.
Westcor Land Title Insurance Company / Corporate Campus
Better Lighting for a Better Workplace
Opportunity
Solution
Westcor Land Title Insurance Company upgrades
to energy-efficient LED lighting
Cree TrueWhite® Technology makes offices shine
with unmatched color rendering (CRI)
In 2004, Mary O’Donnell and Susan Pelham opened their first
office in the unfinished ground floor of an Orlando-area office
building. Ten years, eleven offices and almost 200 employees
later, that same space serves as Westcor Land Title
Insurance Company’s headquarters, home to 80 employees
working in its administrative, accounting and legal teams.
Prior to renovation, Westcor’s offices were lit by fluorescent
fixtures that had dulled and begun to make noise over time.
Employees often complained about inconsistent lighting and
a constant buzzing sound coming from the lights, opting to
work in the dark, or use their own desk lamps rather than
turn on the fluorescent fixtures. Westcor turned to Blakeslee
Design to design a lighting system that provided optimal light
quality and consistency to help create a better balance for
their employees.
When Westcor outgrew its current office space, they wanted
its new headquarters to focus on what was most important:
the employee experience. Larger offices, flexible workspaces
and high-quality, LED light from Cree helped create a more
comfortable, productive environment for employees.
“Just the difference between what
colors and textures look like with the
fluorescents and what they look like
with LED – you can clearly see how
superior the Cree® LED fixtures were.”
Susan Pelham | VP of Operations, Westcor
“When we began the renovation process, I knew that the
quality of lighting would be essential to the success of the
project,’ said Robert Blakeslee, lighting designer. “It was really
less about the material and more about color rendition. We
used a lot of textures and bright color accents in the space
and without superior color rendition, you’re basically just
wasting your money.”
Westcor installed more than 100 Cree KR4™ specification
grade LED downlights and more than 200 Cree CR22™ LED
troffers in the 20,000-plus square foot space, instantly
creating a more efficiently lit office with exceptional light
quality and color rendering through the power of Cree
TrueWhite ® Technology, delivering an exclusive combination
of 90+ CRI and lifetime color accuracy and consistency.
Westcor Land Title Insurance Company / Corporate Campus
Lifetime
COLOR ACCURACY
90 +
COLOR RENDERING INDEX
CRI
10 Years
VIRTUALLY MAINTENANCE FREE
Benefits
Exceptional light quality and consistency helps create a more comfortable work environment and happier,
more productive employees
The clear, consistent light that Cree® LED lighting adds to the
space has not gone unnoticed by employees, who attribute
the new lighting to feeling more content while working.
“We’re hearing so many positive things about the new
lighting,” says Pelham. “Most of the employees in this office
do a lot of intense paperwork, and the purer light leaves their
eyes feeling less tired at the end of the day, and has alleviated
the need for additional desk lamps.”
Westcor shares monthly utility expenses evenly with other
tenants who continue to use outdated lighting technology but
“The fluorescent lights were
inconsistently lamped and buzzed.
The Cree® LED lighting is a
remarkable improvement in light
quality and CRI over the fluorescent.”
Robert Blakeslee | Lighting designer, Blakeslee Design
reap the benefits of Westcor’s more energy efficient lighting
solution that has reduced the amount of energy use. And in
addition, Cree LED lighting requires less maintenance than
other lighting options, causing fewer interruptions to the daily
workflow in the office.
“A major factor for us when considering the Cree ®
LED lighting was how efficient it would be in terms of
maintenance needs,” says Pelham. “The fact that they
are relatively maintenance-free means we don’t need the
facilities team in our office all the time to replace bulbs. The
ability to avoid disrupting the work being done in the office
was a major consideration.”
Improved light quality and exceptional color rendering,
reduced energy consumption and virtually no required
maintenance add up to a lighting solution that provides
Westcor’s employees with the consistent and comfortable
work space they need to be productive. Ten years ago,
Westcor Land Title Company set out to create a successful
business that prided itself on quality work with quality, valued
employees. With this new, employee-friendly space and the
addition of Cree LED lighting, they continue to do just that.
Corporate
Campus
Cree® LED Lighting Used
Participants
• KR Series Downlights
End User: Westcor Land Title Insurance Company
• CR Series Troffers
Lighting Designer: Blakeslee Design
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Rev. Date 12/10/2015
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Date of release: May 2014